Hill responded during an interview with WHNT News 19, "If that made him feel better to write it, that's ok, and I hope he got that off his chest. But I represent Huntsville City Schools and Huntsville City Schools has been mine since I was 5 years old. I'm not going anywhere, and I'm going to speak for the people that are in Huntsville City Schools, little and big, and all the constituents that I represent."

We asked her what she would say to those who question her behavior at board meetings.

"I will say that I am listening," she commented, "and that I am going to try not to roll my eyes."

Later, she told those gathered at her community meeting, "I will tell you I am going to work on my facial expressions. I'm going to try, I'll try not to let you read my face."

She is looking forward to working with Akin.

"We're both educators, and educators usually understand one another," she said. "We both worked hard for what we have. And he's passionate. So if he's passionate and I'm passionate, and it's about kids, we are going to be the best of friends."

People at Hill's community meeting supported her.

"You're the ones who are shaking up the ground, and we need the ground shaken up right now," one woman commented.